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Step aside, Brave, Opera Browser wants to become the king of Web 3 browsers. In an official blog post on Friday, December 10, Opera announced a partnership with Solana Labs to add native support for the popular blockchain, allowing it to run a native Solana wallet along with all the dApps in the ecosystem. Solana Goes To The Opera The Opera team said on Twitter that the integration was expected to be ready by Q1 2022. By then, users should be able to enjoy all the benefits of...

The member of the Republican party and Florida Governor – Ron DeSantis – proposed that the government should allow businesses to pay state fees with digital assets like bitcoin. He added that the authorities plan to launch pilot programs to explore the use of blockchain technology to monitor motor vehicle records as well as validate Medicaid settlements. Towards a Crypto-Friendly State Ron DeSantis included his idea as part of the 2022-2023 budget proposal during an...

Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution Polygon has announced the acquisition of zero-knowledge (ZK) technology developer Mir for $400 million. As per reports, the platform conducted the purchase with 250 million MATIC tokens for $1.60. The acquisition was announced at the backdrop of Polygon’s “zk day” virtual event. Since the transaction, MATIC’s price has risen by more than 50%. The New Acquisition According to the official blog post, Mir’s team will be joining Polygon to...

Institutional-grade lending protocol for decentralized finance (DeFi), Parallel Finance, has won the fourth Polkadot parachain auction. Over $300 Million Contributed The press release shared with CryptoPotato informed that the protocol saw support from over 30,000 contributors who provided a total of 10.75 million DOT, worth a whopping $306 million, during the auction. According to the team, the figure makes Parallel Finance the third project on the Polkadot parachain auction...

Poker fans in the US are now able to access the global poker market after a 15-year streak from the Department of Justice (DOJ). This happens as Virtue Gaming introduces the first P2E (Play-to-earn) offering in the country. Reviving the Poker Field in the US With Blockchain The Play-To-Earn business model relies on blockchain technology. Some of the most successful titles have amounted to record-breaking valuations of over $2 billion, like the famous Pokemon-inspired,...

The inflation numbers in the United States for November are out, and it appears that the Consumer Price Index is at its highest point in about 40 years. Bitcoin’s price spiked above $50K on the news, albeit briefly. Bitcoin’s price surged by almost $2,000 in a few hours, reaching an intraday high above $50K before retracing to where it currently trades at about $49,500. Chart by TradingViewThis comes as the monthly inflation numbers in the United States became public today....

On November 8, the EOS community elected to stop ongoing payments to BlockOne – the company behind the project. The decision comes after continuous debates within the community over the reliability of BlockOne, saying the company has plagued the network with centralization. ENF vs. BlockOne The conflict between the EOS Network Foundation (ENF) and BlockOne has been heating up in the last few weeks. The ENF said that BlockOne has been drifting away from the network’s interests...

Nikhil Rathi – CEO of UK’s top financial regulator FCA – proposed that the British government should not pay compensations to individuals investing in cryptocurrencies in case of a loss. Digital assets have been employed in criminal activities, and investors dealing with them “must be ready to lose all of their money,” the top exec opined. The UK Needs to ‘Draw Some Pretty Clear Lines’ The Chief Executive Officer of the FCA – Nikhil Rathi – addressed his proposal to the...

Developers of the self-named “DOGE Killer” Floki Inu have apparently hired the popular British professional boxer, Tyson Fury, to promote the memecoin to his two million followers on Twitter. In a short promotional video posted on his Twitter page, the world heavyweight champion could be seen wearing a branded FLOKI hoodie while reading off of a script, urging his followers to join the Floki bandwagon. Fury mentioned that the memecoin project is currently establishing...

Meta Platform’s (formerly Facebook) endeavors in the digital asset space may have been mired in controversy from the very start, but that has not deterred its efforts to explore new ways for users to utilize its cryptocurrency wallet, Novi. WhatsApp, the social media giant’s messenger subsidiary, has launched pilot crypto payments in the US with the help of Novi. The move comes a little over a week after top executive David Marcus announced that he would be leaving Novi at...